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1896 -- Ormsby District Fair -- Third Day -- 107
Wednesday Sept 30
Same --
108 -- Ormsby District Fair Fourth Day Wife & Bessie
Thursday October 1, 1896
Clear, moderate and very pleasant -- Biggest attendance yet, from Reno, Comstock & other outside localities -- Letter received from Wife and Bessie --
1896 -- Ormsby District Fair -- Fifth Day -- 109
Friday Oct 2
Fine Fair Day --
110 -- Ormsby District Fair -- Sixth and Last Day Bicycle Parade in the Evening -- Horses "Plugged"
Saturday October 3
Same -- 80° -- Last day of the Fair -- good crown from Reno and some from Va & elsewhere -- Wound up this evening with a splendid bicycle parade on main streets -- Wheels and riders decorated, lanterns, flags, music, etc -- Horses "plugged" down at track stables this evening --
1896 -- Big Baseball Game -- Reno Beats -- 11 Virginia 14 to 3 -- Aftermath of the Fair Senator Jones Arrives at Gold Hill Dempseys Vindication -- "Mining Gossip"
Sunday October 4
Same -- cooler -- Was at the track -- Big baseball game -- Reno vs Virginia -
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Reno beat 14 to 3 -- Big crowds from both places -- Relay bicycle race, 50 miles, finished -- Horse and cattle men, sports, etc all getting out -- Fair ended-- Letter to wife -- Bed 12 --
Monday Oct 5
Same -- A few of the horsemen, sports and hobos still there -- otherwise town assumed its normal quietude -- Wrote and published a string of "Mining Gossip" in the news (see next page) --- Senator Jones arrived from the East, went up from Reno in a private carriage over the Geiger Grade, through Virginia to Gold Hill last evening -- accompanied by C C Powning & Harry Gorham -- Dempsey procured the publishment of this card, to vindicate himself, from the charge of his keeping a bad house over his saloon -- made to hurt him, politically in his aspirations for the Assembly --
114 -- Bessie -- Ladies' Relief Corps Visit Comstock Sept payroll $63,255.66 -- Hay Fever
Tuesday Oct 6
Clear & pleasant -- Letter from Bessie, Santa Clara -- Evening the Ladies' Relief Corps, & Grand Army Vets came down from Virginia on special car as guests of their Carson Contemporaries -- Had grand banquet, and reunion, and went home on their special at midnight -- Comstock payrolls for September, $63,255.66 -- Bed 12 -- badly plugged nose and sore eyed hay fever --
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Wednesday Oct 7
PM sent a letter to John R White, S.F. about Keyes and our lawsuit -- Bed 11 -- Dull campaign under the Purity of Elections law --
1896 -- Doctor Herrick Dead -- 115
Thursday Oct 8
The same --
Friday Oct 9
Same -- cooler --
116 -- I a Registered Voter -- Herrick's Funeral Keyes Comes -- Our suit Postponed Carrie Clarke Ward Shows "Married Life in Reno"
Saturday Oct 10
Same -- At noon today I registered as a voter, for the first time in Carson -- Dr Herrick's funeral this afternoon was well attended -- about 30 carriages -- Met Keyes at the train this morning, on way back to Va -- Says our suit was continued till after election, as Senator Perkins, an interested party is out stumping the state politically -- Carrie Clarke Ward and an amateur dramatic Co played "Married Life in Reno" last evening to a full audience at the Opera House, Reno --
1896 -- War Cry -- Wife & Bessie -- Jim Andrews -- 117 Carson Huntman's Suicide -- Hay Fever Done Va Silver Stars go for SF Examiner's Champion Prize -- Wife
Sunday Oct 11
Variable -- cooler -- wrote a letter to the "War Cry" this evening
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criticizing some of its pictures of Carson members of Sal. Army --
Tuesday Oct 12
Clear & cool -- Letter to wife and Bessie
Tuesday Oct 13
Same --
The Va Chronicle of this evening gives this --
Wednesday Oct 14
Same -- 60° -- Jim Andrews been in town last 4 or 5 days, left for home last evening -- 5 PM --
Thursday Oct 15
Same -- 70° -- The Silver Stars, base ball club came down from Virginia on this evening's train bound for San F, to compete for the SF Examiner championship prize --
Friday Oct 16
Same -- My hay fever about through with for the season -- nose clear but eyes still rather sore, the right one especially --
Saturday Oct 17
Evening, letter to wife -- Bad cath -- Bed 12 --
118 -- Dan Stuart Arrives -- I see Senator Jones Nevada Stars Make a Winning -- "Cowboy Preacher" Girls Confirmed -- Bishop Grace
Sunday Oct 18
Same -- Dan A Stuart the great pugilistic promoter from Dallas, Texas
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arrived this morning to try and pull off the long pending fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons -- The Nevada Stars beat the Alerts of Oakland in a baseball game at SF today -- Jack Mulcahy, the "Cowboy Preacher" or "Broncho Jack" and wife discoursed on the street this PM & evening to plenty of people -- They came up from Reno -- Bishop Grace, successor to Bishop Manogue, held forth at the Catholic church today, and confirmed about 60 young people -- about all girls --
Monday Oct 19
Clear & pleasant -- 70°
Tuesday Oct 20
Same -- Went to Gold Hill and back on train -- Good old time chat with several old friends there, and with Senator Jones at his residence -- Gjd sladw tjiixrs (got sixty dollars) Evening showery -- bed 12 --
1896 -- Ormsby Registered Voters -- Fall Weather -- 119 Silver Stars' Grand Welcome Home -- Victorious
Wednesday Oct 21
Variable & cold -- Fall weather -- blustering -- great falling of leaves -- The registry which closed at 6 PM yesterday shows -- Carson, 588; Empire, 126 -- Total 714 -- The Silver Stars returned from San F this morning -- passing up to Va much cheered & feeling mighty good -- This evening's Va Chronicle says -- Lieut Glover and Capt McKenzie
120 -- Salvation Army Evacuation
